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api	Coordinate - HTTP API	api-coordinate	The /coordinate endpoints query for the network coordinates for nodes in the local datacenter as well as Consul servers in the local datacenter and remote datacenters.

Coordinate HTTP Endpoint

The /coordinate endpoints query for the network coordinates for nodes in the local datacenter as well as Consul servers in the local datacenter and remote datacenters.

Please see the Network Coordinates internals guide for more information on how these coordinates are computed, and for details on how to perform calculations with them.

Read WAN Coordinates

This endpoint returns the WAN network coordinates for all Consul servers, organized by datacenters. It serves data out of the server's local Serf data, so its results may vary as requests are handled by different servers in the cluster.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/coordinate/datacenters	application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries	Consistency Modes	ACL Required
NO	none	none

Sample Request

$ curl \
    https://consul.rocks/v1/coordinate/datacenters

Sample Response

[
  {
    "Datacenter": "dc1",
    "AreaID": "WAN",
    "Coordinates": [
      {
        "Node": "agent-one",
        "Coord": {
          "Adjustment": 0,
          "Error": 1.5,
          "Height": 0,
          "Vec": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
]

In Consul Enterprise, this will include coordinates for user-added network areas as well, as indicated by the AreaID. Coordinates are only compatible within the same area.

Read LAN Coordinates

This endpoint returns the LAN network coordinates for all nodes in a given datacenter.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/coordinate/nodes	application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries	Consistency Modes	ACL Required
YES	all	node:read

Parameters

• dc (string: "") - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    https://consul.rocks/v1/coordinate/nodes

Sample Response

[
  {
    "Node": "agent-one",
    "Segment": "",
    "Coord": {
      "Adjustment": 0,
      "Error": 1.5,
      "Height": 0,
      "Vec": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
    }
  }
]

In Consul Enterprise, this may include multiple coordinates for the same node, each marked with a different Segment. Coordinates are only compatible within the same segment.